Month: January 2017

In basic terms Document Management (also known as a Document Management System or DMS), is the combination of a computer system and a software application. The main function of a Document Management System is to manage and track electronic documents and electronic images of paper based information captured through the use of a document scanner. Document … Continue reading What is Document Management

Regulatory compliance is not optional for your business but it might not be the burden that you think it is. Managing your business documents digitally will not automatically make you compliant with the increasing burden of regulatory rules and document retention requirements but it will make it easier. "Take advice, know your obligations and make … Continue reading A bit about compliance.

It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that better control of your business documents is a sensible strategy for any business. We know that, it’s fairly obvious but do we really understand all of the benefits or indeed the costs of not managing paper.

Your mobile phone can do a bit of everything now. I would suggest that a mobile scanning app is a great back up for your real scanning solution just in the same way as you wouldn’t rely on your mobile phone camera as the only way to take your vacation photo’s or instead of using the sat nav in your car.

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The Less Paper Office Blog is a non commercial blog that advocates the use of technology to better manage the burden that paper has on business. Every business from start up to a global corporate has to deal with paper on a daily basis. We advocate sensible use of technology and coping strategies to minimise the burden paper can create. We're helping you to live with paper because living without paper is an unrealistic expectation.